Call for Papers (ii) Community Development and Preventative Care With Older People: New Values and Approaches

 I drafted this with (i) but didn't want to distract from the call and journal itself.

 With three working titles in a 250 word abstract in response to:

"How can prevention in social care be better conceptualised?" - 

I am open here (as ever) to expressions of interest towards collaboration. Support (help) would be invaluable, whether advice/co-author - to develop ideas on Hodges' model as a mathematical object(?). Even if this includes telling me to stop the barking and leave the tree alone. That point aside, the reading and videos are a challenge, but really enjoyable too.

In reading the call, Quaternary prevention will be added to:

"While applied in the context of complex social problems, discourses of prevention are most coherent and established in the realm of public health (e.g., tertiary, secondary, and primary prevention). As Rapoport highlighted in the 1960s, however, translating the unified view of prevention associated with public health into social welfare is inherently problematic. This remains the case. Preventative social care and support necessarily operate in complex and dynamic systems, generally where knowledge of causation and the consequences are unclear, and an imaginative application of care needs and contexts is required."

The result will be abstract. With “'re-imagine' social care" taken literally. 

Since there are quinary industries ( 'ours' no less), is there, should there be - quinary prevention? I think so, and this - and several legacy issues encountered in my career and ongoing today (also accentuated in the future?) will form the basis of discussion. Early days, but also need to decide upon the manuscript type:

• Article: a paper containing original research results that has not been published elsewhere. Articles shall have a maximum length of 6,000 words (the word count limit includes title, abstract, tables, figures, and references list). During a potential revisions stage, after peer-review, authors can extend the article length to a maximum of 8,000 words to better address the reviewers and editors’ comments.
• Commentary: an opinion piece providing a critical evaluation of a published article or topic of interest to the readership of the journal. Letters to the Editor and replies should be submitted as Commentaries. Commentaries shall have a maximum length of 2,000 words (the word count limit includes title, abstract, tables, figures, and references list).
• Review: a paper which comprehensively sums up the current state of research on a particular topic. Reviews shall have a maximum length of 6,000 words (the word count limit includes title, abstract, tables, figures, and references list). During a potential revisions stage, after peer-review, authors can extend the article length to a maximum of 8,000 words to better address the reviewers and editors’ comments.

The completed draft may not be 'finished' by July, but the exercise will help develop ideas to further understanding and awareness of Hodges' model. I'm almost too close to Hodges' model and I can't discuss ideas on a daily - work basis. The other impediment, is standing on my foot, pressing me against the walls (whichever domain) is the fact that models of/for care, and nursing theory have little currency these days. Finally, having explained I have no funding, encouragement to write is appreciated. This effort is also informed by threads on (and off) the Spirit of 1848 ListServe.